"ON A CLIFF BY THE SEA"
Reading edition
(Whit Monday)
A verse for "'Arry"? Well, I'm shot! (Excuse my language plain and terse) For such a nuisance I have not A verse. His praise don't ask me to rehearse, But, if you like—I'll tell you what— The rôle of Baalam I'll reverse. Only, like Balak, from this spot Desire me 'Arry's tribe to curse, To grant that prayer you'll find me not Averse!
'Arriet. "Wot toime his the next troine fer 'Ammersmith?"
Clerk. "Due now."
'Arriet. "'Course Oi dawn't now, stoopid, or I wouldn't be harskin' yer!"